http://www.janes.comA special collection of articles covering Serious and Organised Crime.en-gbCopyright: (C) Jane's Information Group. All rights reserved.http://www8.janes.com/public/images/janes_rss.gifhttp://www.janes.comVisit http://www.janes.comhttp://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JMSA/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41485.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWDefence Minister Carme Chacón told a 17 November meeting of her counterparts in Brussels that Spain would lead any operation to support security sector reform in Somalia as a cornerstone of its obligations as holder of the rotating EU presidency from January 2010. EU security and defence policy chief Javier Solana told reporters that any EU mission in Somalia would be co-ordinated with other international actors, including the United States, and would have to complement existing African Union... - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JMSA/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jiwk/history/jiwk2009/jiwk20766.htm@current&Prod_Name=JIWKOn 1 November, Jamaica's police commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin resigned, drawing attention to the island's problems with gang crime and corruption. Former Northern Ireland police officer Justin Felice, one of three British police officers now with the JCF, was made head of an anti-corruption unit, while 57 police personnel were arrested in 2008 and 36 in the first 10 months of 2009. Reforms have heightened internal tensions within the police, while some cabinet ministers have ... - 2009/11/17 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JMSA/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jiwk/history/jiwk2009/jiwk20761.htm@current&Prod_Name=JIWKAfter calling for his country to "prepare for war" with Colombia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on 13 November claimed that Colombia and the US had a "diabolical" plan to invade Venezuela. In mid-October, 11 Colombians were kidnapped and killed in the Venezuelan border state of Táchira; in late October, Caracas claimed it had arrested four Colombian spies; on 2 November, two Venezuelan national guards were killed by gunmen near the border; and on 13 November, Colombian authorities detained... - 2009/11/16 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JMSA/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jiwk/history/jiwk2009/jiwk20740.htm@current&Prod_Name=JIWKCrime figures released on 28 October in Canada have highlighted the problem of gang-related crime in Vancouver in the run-up to the Winter Olympics, to be held in the city in February 2010. Van Loan has called Vancouver "the gang crime capital of Canada". Despite gang-related crime in Vancouver being less of a direct security threat to the Winter Olympics than a terrorist incident or an organised protest, it nevertheless poses a problem for Canadian security services. - 2009/11/16 00:00:00